It already comes with one SMX module disabled isn't it? The full chip is supposed to have 15 SMX AFAIK but the core count suggest 14 active.

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the tesla chip does, i doubt the same will be for the consumer gk110
i remember it was the same thing during the gtx480 era were the pro cards had disabled parts
the reason being is pro cards have to be 24/7 operation guaranteed

I can guarantee you there will be like a ton of not-good-enough-for-Titan GK110s. Its massive chip with poor yields

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And you know this how? Do you work for Nvidia or TSMC ? There have been precisely two SKU's based on the GK 110...one has 93% functionality, and the other 86.7%. Using your logic, Tahiti's yields must also be poor, since the split is 100%, 87.5%, and 75%.

^ OK people, enough with the GK110 talk, there's already 3 or more threads in the news section alone, about it.

On to the subject at hand. I'm all for it... as long as it's not because AMD is in a bad rut. Otherwise I'm pretty sure nVidia will follow suit, do you guys really think they'd shoot themselves in the foot like that? Release GF Titan for $900 then 1-2Q later, release GTX 780 for $500 that would offer the same performance? In either case, both nVidia and AMD have to release something mighty amazing when time is due (Q4 2013+).

well, some of people have a lot of money to buy those titan, that's great , but for me, i have no reason spending ton of money for titan (benchmark? i don't care about benchmark scores lol), instead i would go to buy the next gen console especially ps4 replacing my current console machine (ps3) for around $350 - $400.

It is codenamed to be different gen than GK104. Unless you are claiming they will never release anything else but the top model with that chip and throw away all not too well working chips I can't see how this would be any different. Sure, price is this time higher but well competition has moved to play with consoles so...

And you know this how? Do you work for Nvidia or TSMC ? There have been precisely two SKU's based on the GK 110...one has 93% functionality, and the other 86.7%. Using your logic, Tahiti's yields must also be poor, since the split is 100%, 87.5%, and 75%.

Actually, I think nVidia was very ready with the card, but waited for AMD to make the move so they would know what they had to compete against. The weak showing by AMD this round is why nVidia ended up releasing what they planned to be a mid-range card as the actual high end card. They didn't need to release GK110 so they held it back to retaliate against whatever AMD had planned next. The lame step of simply boosting clock speeds meant nVidia didn't really need to retaliate.

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It took nvidia 6/7 years to design and make the Keplar chip, so how they quickly put one together in 3/4 months after seeing the AMD 7 series is beyond me.

I keep thinking... who honestly thinks nVidia would offer anything new other that this Titan thing, for this year, I mean, hello, even if it is $900 bucks, that'd be shooting theselves in the foot, the theoretical GTX 780 will have to end up faster than "Titan"... Maybe even be based on Maxwell?

Either way, there's chance of refreshes (withing this "gen") from both sides.